The Following URL is for The CERT® Coordination Center (CERT/CC) is a center of Internet security expertise. It is located at the Software Engineering Institute, a federally funded research and development center operated by Carnegie Mellon University. They have the latest on Viruses. http://www.cert.org/ John S. Wilkinson 505 Roberts Street Rome, New York 13440-5258 (315) 337-0766 mailto:jwilkins@twcny.rr.com http://home.twcny.rr.com/johnswilkinson -----Original Message----- From: The Peterson Family [mailto:email@peterson-home.com] Sent: Saturday, May 26, 2001 5:10 PM To: FAMILY-ORIGINS-USERS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [FO] The SULFNBK Hoax People sure know how to play on our emotions don't they. We're all geared up for virus' and fear grips us when we hear of one because we know that McAfee and Norton simply cannot be on top of all of them on the onset. And so, that's how people, who are just as vicious as a virus generator, make us panic and do things we wouldn't normally do. What is so unfortunate is that people who really care about people and want to warn others of impending danger all of a sudden become part of the hoax and usually unknowingly. We need to get more educated, remain calm, investigate, and then move forward. Perhaps many of those who informed us this was a hoax could develop a list of good places to go to make that determination and then periodically publish it on the mailing list so all new subscribers are also educated. Further, now that many innocent people have wiped out a perfectly good (and in many cases probably needed) program is there someone out there who can tell them where t! o get the program and how to install it - besides just saying go to a recovery disk or call Microsoft. Withholding of knowledge is not power, knowledge gained and shared is; after all, that is why we're on a mailing list ! Mike Peterson ==== FAMILY-ORIGINS-USERS Mailing List ==== The "Family Origins® Wish List" http://formalsoft.com/wishlist.htm ??? FAQ ??? -- http://www.graabek.com/fow/fofaq.html ============================== Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com